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ReviewCancer immunology research2014

The immunological synapse.

Michael L Dustin

Open access · bronzeAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cancer immunology research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 307 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
307citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

307 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 484 citations in OpenAlex.

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247 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael L DustinThe Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, The University of Oxford, Headington, United Kingdom. Michael.Dustin@kennedy.ox.ac.uk.
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre · GB

Funding

Requirement for Sensitive T Cell Response to AntigenR37AI043542 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DUSTIN, MICHAEL LORAN · 2007 to 2016
$3.6M
Environmental Control of the Immunological SynapseR01AI055037 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DUSTIN, MICHAEL LORAN · 2004 to 2014
$3.6M
PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY OF INTEGRIN FUNCTIONR01AI044931 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DUSTIN, MICHAEL LORAN · 1999 to 2007
$1.5M
REQUIREMENT FOR SENSITIVE T CELL RESPONSE TO ANTIGENR01AI043542 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DUSTIN, MICHAEL L · 1999 to 2005
$1.5M
Environmental Control of the Immunological SynapseR21AI055037 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DUSTIN, MICHAEL L · 2003 to 2003
$405k
NIAID NIH HHS AI043542NIAID NIH HHS AI55037NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI043542NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI044931NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI055037NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI055037NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI043542Wellcome Trust 100262
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The molecular interactions underlying regulation of the immune response take place in a nanoscale gap between T cells and antigen-presenting cells, termed the immunological synapse. If these interactions are regulated appropriately, the host is defended against a wide range of pathogens and deranged host cells. If these interactions are disregulated, the host is susceptible to pathogens or tumor escape at one extreme and autoimmunity at the other. Strategies targeting the synapse have helped to establish immunotherapy as a mainstream element in cancer treatment. This Masters' primer will cover the basics of the immunological synapse and some of the applications to tumor immunology.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansImmunological SynapsesImmunotherapyNeoplasmsTumor Escape

Identifiers

PMID25367977
PMCPMC4692051
OpenAlexW1816311090

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Registered trials

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